The recession proceeds to leave many Americans grasping for money, wherever they may discover it. ”Jobs Americans will not do” are being filled right now also. This comes from the Wall Street Journal. ”jobs American’s won’t do” used to be something that male and female white-collar workers would never consider since it was undocumented workers that filled it, although that has changed. Reports indicate crowds of aspiring day laborers waiting on street corners for jobs are increasingly non-Latino.
Day labor increasing when skilled work decreases
Day labor is something considered by anyone who needs to survive with a family. Illegal immigrants in California are beginning to protest that Americans are taking away their money by taking their jobs when undocumented workers typically would work in these areas. Construction jobs have pretty much gone away right about now leaving day laborers with the option of making less cash with fewer hours. This would be done by doing things for instance moving and landscaping instead. The competition has become fierce, as skilled, educated American workers are vying for the low-paying jobs undocumented workers previously owned.
Center for Immigration shows facts
”Jobs Americans will not do” is an illusion says a study by the Center for immigration Studies (CIS). Available data points to the falsehood of this idea; Census Bureau data collected from 2005 to 2007 indicate that even before the economic recession, “there were only a tiny number of majority-immigrant occupations”. Also, jobs that are believed to be done by undocumented individuals like housekeeping, maintenance, janitorial and construction are shown to be mostly American-born too in the Census data. 4.4 million individuals, 560,000 which were immigrants, were surveyed by the CIS. Of course undocumented workers are often hidden and make an effort to stay that way. There aren’t enough of them for making a difference though.
Both economy and wages are depressed
The “jobs Americans won’t do” illusion has a reason why it’s here says Jon Dougherty. Jon Dougherty wrote the book “Illegal’s: The Imminent Threat Posed by Our Unsecured U.S.-Mexico Border”. The exodus of “poor, uneducated laborers from south of the border has already worked to depress American wages,” particularly in areas with high rates of illegal immigration. As a contractor, you’d surely pick an undocumented worker over a United States citizen. This is because US Citizens generally require a lot more pay for the very same amount of labor. $8 an hour is a huge pay cut for an American that previously made $15 an hour. This is why Americans already struggling to get by generally will not take the work. America has an extremely high cost of living. This is why it is so hard for US Citizens to take this pay cut. Many undocumented workers work in America but go back to their own country to live off the money. This can be a huge raise compared to what they could be making in their native country.
Additional reading
CIS
cis.org/illegalimmigration-employment
News Max
archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/2/13/140946.shtml
Wall Street Journal
online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704913704575453792265306852.html?mod=WSJ_hps_SECONDTopStories
Undocumented workers protesting Americans taking their day labor jobs
youtube.com/watch?v=23mKOm5rftM
